Comments on: Why Solar Power Needs a Manufacturing Revolution, Not Just New Materials

By: Energy COOL: Direct Wafer

Energy COOL: Direct Wafer — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:25:24 +0000

[...] Why Solar Power Needs a Manufacturing Revolution, Not Just New Materials, Earth2Tech [...]

By: Intel Spinout SpectraWatt Snags $41.4M for Solar Cell Plant

Intel Spinout SpectraWatt Snags $41.4M for Solar Cell Plant — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:06:45 +0000

[...] manufacturing roots,” and it aims to shrink the cost of solar energy generation in part by improving the manufacturing processes for solar cells. Already, SpectraWatt says it has completed construction of the plant (designed to house up [...]

By: johnson

johnson — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:59:55 +0000

I like the single-source reporting.

By: Some Hints About Stealthy Solar Startup Alta Devices, Courtesy of DOE

Some Hints About Stealthy Solar Startup Alta Devices, Courtesy of DOE — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:02:50 +0000

[...] As Michael Sinkula, the co-founder and director of battery startup Envia Systems told us last fall after his company scored a $4 million grant from the DOE’s ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy) program, the government investment will allow it to expand its focus and pursue riskier R&D. For Massachusetts-based 1366 Technologies, a $33 million ARPA-E grant last year helped kickstart its effort to deliver a manufacturing revolution for solar power. [...]

By: Innovation in Manufacturing: A123Systems, Amprius Score Funds from Feds

Innovation in Manufacturing: A123Systems, Amprius Score Funds from Feds — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:24:24 +0000

[...] new materials,” Frank van Mierlo, President and co-founder of solar startup 1366 Technologies, told me in an interview last month. And clean technologies ranging from energy storage for plug-in vehicles to photovoltaics need both [...]

By: 10 Greentech Startups Vying for Cash on the East Coast

10 Greentech Startups Vying for Cash on the East Coast — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:01:22 +0000

[...] Solar: To help push down the cost of solar technology, the solar industry needs a manufacturing revolution, not just new materials, Josie pointed out last week in a profile about startup 1366 Technologies. [...]

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